85-90 of 365

85/365 "Piggies and Ponies"

86/365 "One, Two, Three…Wheeeee!!!!"

87/365 "Rainbows"

88/365 "Friends"

89/365 "Win some Lose some"

90/365 "Discovering Ladybugs"

Ladybug Loves

Maddie named him Flyfly…

Flyfly lived up to his name and flew away after a while, 

my theory is that he got sick of being dropped on his head, and made a clean break.

After that I had to convince the girls that he was our "outside pet" :-)

He's no dog, but at least I don't have to remember to feed him...

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80/365 "Oy"

81/365 "Grrrr"

82/365 "Flying and Floating"

83/365 "Spring Cleaning"

84/365 "Same "cheese"y face"

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75/365 "Hello Sunshine"

76/365 "Curtain Call"

77/365 "Finally a Smile"

78/365 "A Hike Picture"

79/365 "Frozen Again…and Again"

Devils Backbone Nature Trail Hike

The girls and I joined our friends for a fun little hike on Devils Backbone Trail today.  

It was SO beautiful outside and it was lovely to be able to go outside without dirt flying into our eyes (it's been soooooo windy the last couple of days)  

It's a pretty mellow little hike.  Maddie and her little friend Nora walked/ran the whole way.  

Being brave little adventurous "rock climbers".  (They made us call them that, lol)  

Amber and I carried the little ones on our backs for most of the way.  

Ella hasn't been feeling so well the last couple of days, and I debated staying at home with her for another day, but I think the fresh air was good for her.  

She slept a good portion of the hike and even got out to explore at the turn around point.  

Amber and baby Zara…
Fun little tidbit:  Zara and Ella share the middle name Beatrix!
Fun tidbit number 2:  It was Amber's birthday today!
Happy Birthday Beautiful!!!

Zara Bea and Ella Bea

My 365 of the day.
It is getting to be a serious challenge to get them both in a picture at the same time…
and happy about it!

All in all, a very good hike.  

Family friendly and we are definitely going to go back!  

I think it took me 10-15 minutes to get there from our house, 

and we were there about 2 hours (we took our time).  Highly recommend!  

70-74 of 365

70/365 "Watercolors and Snacks"

71/365 "Hopscotch"

72/365 "First Dinner Outside"

73/365 "Dirty Play in Pretty Dresses"

74/365 "Trip to Lowes"

65-69/365

65/365 "Whats in a Name"

66/365 "Trains"

67/365 "Push"

68/365 "Forest Play"

69/365 "Wait Up"

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60/365 "The 4 Year old Look"

61/365 "Album Gazing"

62/365 "The Looks Continue"

63/365 "New Land"

64/365 "Poor Sissy"

55-59/365

So I'm a little behind on uploading my 365 pictures…here and on the website,
 but I HAVE been taking photos so, no fear, I didn't quit!  :-)

Here are the remaining February photos, just little snippets of our days.
Fun with friends, trying new things, and new museums.  Lots of exploring and go-go-going!!

55/365 "Indian Food with Friends"

56/365 "Mini Chefs…and a bit of Attitude"

57/365 "Sharing Rocks"

58/365 "Tootsies"

59/365 "Music at the Discovery Museum" 

Museum of Discovery-ing

Friday afternoon the girls and I ventured up to Fort Collins to check out the Museum of Discovery.  I've been meaning to check it out and I am so glad I did!  It's a hands-on, kid-friendly museum with a large music section, a great giant building block area, lots of little building areas, a fun little Colorado dinosaur and wildlife display, and a wild wild west area (that I would love to explore better next time).  The girls had a wonderful time, and I can't wait to take them back.  I ended up buying a family membership so hopefully we'll have lots of opportunities!  

We met my friend Amber and her girls there.  The older girls played hard and the little girls ran around after them trying to keep up the best that they could!

This was part of the music display.  They had lots of listening stations where you could experience all the different instruments and old-timey music.  

And then there was this display…behind glass and everything.  

I feel so old now, I had both a magnavox stereo and a walkman growing up. 

Ella was very excited the whole time.  It was very entertaining watching her! :-)

Little people learning

Building bridges, I asked if they were going to be engineers when they grow up and was inform that "No, that's boring" ha, I guess you just can't compete with the aspiration to become a princess.
Maybe we'll aim for Princess Engineer
 (you can be both) 

Tornado Chamber
…it's like a normal day in Wyoming ;-)  Don't miss that at ALL

The girls thought it was great fun :-)

Ella and I were the only ones that were too chicken to go in :-)
That's okay though,
 it was perfectly entertaining enough on the outside!

Overall, I think that we'll be back soon!  

Next week my goal is to take the girls to the Art Museum in Loveland.  It looks pretty amazing!